Candyapple Nursery & Landscaping can help get you started on your dreams
By Patricia Nugent
A hidden green gem in the heart of Medina, just two miles south of the square, Candyapple Nursery & Landscaping offers a refreshing uniqueness of stock you won’t find at your typical garden center. Its doors are now open for the season.
All the gorgeous trees, shrubs, flowers (annuals and perennials) and plant materials are landscaper-grade, yet the expansive nursery is open to the public.
With a chillier-than-usual springtime, the owners report that the ground is finally ready and now’s the time to start planting your gardens and landscaping. They say with a point of pride, that all the plant materials nurtured and sold here are grown in Ohio.
High-end stock is hand-picked and properly acclimated to our climate and conditions, perfectly positioned to thrive in Zone 5. Each season, the variety of stock changes a bit, and they only select the most vibrant species available. Homeowners are always on the lookout for low-maintenance and deer-resistant things to plant and that’s most of what they carry.
Bringing Dream Yards to Life
Feel like chilling out this summer and letting someone else do the planning and work? This is where Candyapple shines. Just bring a photo of your home, or an inspiration of a landscape you love, and the creative designers can help you come up with a complementary or similar design to fit or match it.
With more than 70 years under its collective belt, the team has the experience and knows how to ask all the right questions to get a feel for your taste and functional needs, creating a just-right fit for your family with everything from new flower beds to the installation of a paver patio (including natural stone, Unilock and Overfields), pond and water feature, hot tub, firepit, fireplace, outdoor lighting, grill, outdoor kitchen, gazebo, pavilion, pergola and fencing to keep your paradise private.
Speaking of privacy, many homeowners are using trees as a “green screen” instead of putting up fencing, and the nursery offers lots of giant arborvitae to fit that bill.
When it comes to spring clean-up, they do that, too. Go ahead and put your feet up. They can make sure everything looks pristine now that the lawns are finally greening up, treating your yard to edging, irrigation systems, mowing and early-season fertilizing to encourage healthy growth.
Open Dates for Pools
Due to soaring demand and the supply chain crisis causing shortages in materials, people have been hearing the disheartening news that they have to wait until 2023 to have their backyard pools installed.
Spoiler alert: Not anymore.
According to the folks at Candyapple Nursery and Landscaping, their supplier, Thursday Pools, has worked some magic and discovered new avenues to sourcing supplies.
Now there are open dates later this summer and fall for pool installations.
Located in Indiana, Thursday Pools has reimagined what a pool can be, from cascading multilevel configurations to built-in benches within the perimeter, splash zones and walk-in beach entry. Choose from a multitude of shapes (square, rectangular, round, curvaceous) to fit any lifestyle, longer, narrow shaped for lap swimmers, to those large enough for regulation beach volleyball. For adults looking for a luxurious oasis to kick back in, the company also offers sunken spas with soothing spillover effects.
The demand for outdoor living spaces—anchored by pools and surrounded by decking, outdoor kitchens and bars, decorative pergolas and pavilions—continues to surge.
A lot of the designs the company is putting together look like five-star resorts, with built-in grills, wine coolers and tiki bars.
Financing options are available, which makes pulling the trigger on a new pool a no-brainer. But if you want to plan ahead for next year, now is also a good time to get started, as well as lock into current pricing.
The Year of the Home Garden
It seems more and more people are starting home gardens or expanding an existing one, and the helpful experts at Candyapple can guide them through that process.
If garden-to-table is your thing, they offer a nice variety of vegetables, including tomato plants, peppers, fruit trees and shrubs and herbs.
Whatever is best in-season is on special here. They carry a wide variety of popular trees, including maple, blue spruce, pear and arborvitae. Trending this year are the glorious Japanese maple and Japanese magnolia trees. Watch for top-grafted shrubs that are also popular now, such as lilacs, hydrangeas, cherry and pea shrubs.
Looking to beautify your front door? They’ve got you covered with fancy decorative potted plants, hanging baskets and charming window planters.
Delivery is available for a small fee. Come in, pick out your plant material, and it’ll be delivered to your door.
Candyapple Nursery & Landscaping is headquartered at 1075 South Court Street in Medina, and the nursery is just down the street at 6132 Wooster Pike in Medina. Financing plans for pools and spas are available. For more information, call 330-591-7009 or visit CandyappleLandscaping.com.